A degree in music education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #151 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Music Education Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 9 degrees in music education to qualified students.
Your choice of music education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for music education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The music teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Music Education Schools in Rhode Island.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the music teacher education degree levels they offer.
Top Rhode Island Schools in Music Teacher Education
Any student pursuing a degree in music education has to take a look at Providence College. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #120 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.More information about a degree in music education from Providence College
Rhode Island College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in music education. RIC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Providence. This college ranks 9th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 9 music education students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Salve Regina University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in music education. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Newport. This university ranks 686th out of 2,217 colleges for overall quality nationwide.More information about a degree in music education from Salve Regina University
Best Music Education Colleges in the New England Region
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).